Comments on: Octopuses running like humans?

UC Berkeley researchers discover species that can make an escape--remaining camouflaged--on two of their eight arms.

[cryforlife]

Octopi dammit!

You people are professional journalists, sheesh. Theyre not "octopuses", they're octopi, "viruses" are virii. Does a journalism degree mean nothing in this day and age?

[David Arbogast]

Either is fine

Actually, both "octopi" and "octopuses" are accepted as the plural form of octopus.

"Viruses" is also an acceptable plural form of the word virus.

"Virii" is not in any of my dictionaries.

I guess a journalism degree is worth something after all. Assuming the author holds such a degree. Perhaps they just did well in 6th grade spelling class. :P

[funklizard]

Nope; "octopi" is wrong

The "pus" ending of "octopus" is a bastardization of the Greek "pod" rather than the result of Latin origin. Thus the word does not follow the Latin declension; and the correct form is "octopuses" (or even "octopods" if it is more satisfying to the ear).

the word is octopuses

the researcher is our daughter, and as long as she has been working with them they have been octopuses. And I am a Latin scholar too, but octopuses it is.

OK, but...

what does this have to do with tech in any way? Sure, it's
interesting, and nice to finally observer firsthand with video as
evidence, but where's the tech in it? I found this article on
slashdot, where it is more inline with what they report on, which
happens to be everything!